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“You are not scared of me, are you?” His voice was laced with some kind of emotion. Pride or intrigue? I couldn’t quite tell.
I turned and stared into his enticing eyes that seemed so mysterious and haunting. “Should I be?”
His eyes narrowed and flickered down to my lips and when they returned to my gaze, I felt my body fail me again. That unwanted warmth rose through me as his gaze was filled with so much desire and heat that I thought I might burst into flames at any moment.
“Most people are,” he answered, his voice deeper than before, and I swallowed. He screamed danger. Warning alarms and red flags were going off in my head. But I couldn’t tear my eyes away from him. It’s like he had me hypnotised. Those eyes of his were lethal. “But you are not like other people, are you?”
I didn’t know how to answer that question. So instead, I tore my gaze away and took another swig from the beer bottle. A drop of liquid missed my mouth and ran down my chin and before I could wipe it away, he did something that had my whole body frozen in shock. His masculine, rough hand reached up and he ran his thumb down my chin, wiping it away before turning my face towards him with his firm grip on my jaw. My breathing hitched and my heart started racing as he brushed my bottom lip with his thumb roughly and I saw his eyes darkened with lust at the action.
“You sure about what you said yesterday, bambola? Because I really think your underwear would look ravishing on my bedroom floor.”
My eyes widened at his words and my anger overtook my unwanted desire to have this man. For a moment, I really thought I saw a different side to him. With his siblings and coming to my aid. But he was still this arrogant playboy and I saw red.
I pushed his hand off my face aggressively and watched his expression turn to one of shock and then anger. “You will not take me to bed. Ever.”
I stood up and went to walk away, but his hand grasped my wrist. He yanked me back as he stood up and I slammed straight into his muscular chest. My eyes couldn’t help where they travelled down to as the buttons of his shirt were undone, giving me a mouth-watering sight of his defined pecs. The smell of him up close alone made my knees weak.
“You are playing with fire, Olivia. I am a man who gets what he wants,” he growled, his eyes burning with desire and rage. A dangerous combination. But he didn’t scare me. I have witnessed worse. I had been at the end of worse.
“Then maybe it’s about time somebody told you no!” I snarled and ripped my arm out of his grip. He let go and stayed rooted to the spot as I stomped down the stairs, grabbing my belongings by the door and running out into the night.
Me, Tease Him?
Olivia
Iwas furious at myself. Why did I let this man affect me so much? I have barely exchanged a few sentences with him and yet he seems to have the ability to get right under my skin.
You are playing with fire Olivia. I am a man who gets what he wants.
He can’t know how those words would trigger me. How they would cause rage to burn through my veins. I hated men like him. Men who thought they could control women. Take what they want without any regard for the other person. No matter how much my body reacted to his touch, his eyes, his voice, I wouldn’t allow myself to go there. He was no good for me, I knew that much.
I slammed the flat door behind me and fell with a huff on the sofa. Giulia raised her eyebrows at me but said nothing as I quickly sat up and poured myself a glass of red wine from the already opened bottle on the coffee table.
“Rough day?” she teased as I downed an entire glass in one go before refilling it.
“I can’t do it. I don’t care how much they are paying me. The kids are a nightmare and don’t listen to a word I say. The little girl won't even speak to me and the boy, well, he finds it hilarious to keep speaking to me in Italian knowing full well I can't understand him. They refused to leave the games room the entire day and then…” I paused mid rant to take a sip of wine. “I had an unpleasant run in with the boss.”
“Mrs Buccini?”
“No, the other one,” I quipped, and she sat up. Suddenly, I had all her attention.
“Unpleasant how?”
I leaned back on the sofa and closed my eyes. “He propositioned me AGAIN! Assuming I am one of those girls that will fall at his feet and do anything he says with a few seductive words and heated glances.”
“You mean he tried to come on to you? I knew he offered you more money for a reason!” she shouted, and my eyes bulged.
“Is that what you think he did? He doubled my salary, thinking I would sleep with him?” I could feel my anger coming into full force again, burning me from the inside out.
Giulia nodded her head, and I clenched my fists. “Then first thing in the morning, I will go and give him a piece of my mind. He can take back his offer and I will hand my notice in.”
“Liv! No way! You can’t do that! You need this job, remember? And so what if you have a hot boss who wants you and two little brats to tame? You can handle it. I know you can! Give him a piece of your mind and refuse the double salary by all means, but don’t quit!”
I took another sip of my wine as I thought about what she said. She was right. I wasn’t a quitter. I wasn’t going to give up on a decent job so easily. I just needed to change my tactics with the kids. And as for Giovanni, he could go fuck himself or some other woman, but not me.
Feeling better about the whole situation and with a newfound determination to make this work, I settled down for a night with my friend. Giovanni had just messed with the wrong woman.
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